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DERKSEN, M., P. GERBRANDY, a.o., (eds.), Hektors noodlot. De ondergang van de held van Troje in de Ilias van Homeros. Metriek, Taaleigen, Annotaties. Hermaion, Lunteren, 1991. 2 vols. ills. Sewn. Edges a bit yellowed. Uitwerking van de syllabus Griekse epiek voor het CE 1992. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

DERKSEN, M., P. GERBRANDY, a.o., (eds.), Hektors noodlot. De ondergang van de held van Troje in de Ilias van Homeros. Metriek, Taaleigen, Annotaties. Hermaion, Lunteren, 1991. 2 vols. ills. Sewn. Library stamp on title page. Bit used, but no markings or annotations. Uitwerking van de syllabus Griekse epiek voor het CE 1992. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

DERKSEN, M., P. GERBRANDY, a.o., (eds.), Hektors noodlot. De ondergang van de held van Troje in de Ilias van Homeros. Metriek, Taaleigen, Annotaties. Docentenhandleiding. Hermaion, Lunteren, 1991. 3 vols. ills. Sewn / wire stitched. Corners a bit worn. Signature on title page. Vol.1: Some pencil markings, underlinings and annotations. Uitwerking voor schoolgebruik van de syllabus Griekse Epiek voor het Centraal Eindexamen 1992. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

DERWING, B.L., Transformational Grammar as a Theory of Language Acquisition. A Study in the Empirical Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Contemporary Linguistics. Cambridge at the University Press, Cambridge, 1973. XII,346p. Paperback. Spine with reading traces. Very few pen strikes and markings in margins. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.The revolution in linguistic thought associated with the name of Professor Noam Chomsky centres on the theory of transformational generation, especially in grammar. This book subjects the main theory and some of its applications to a searching critique. It finds the theory in some places circular, in general descriptively inadequate, but above all aprioristic and dangerously unempirical. Professor Derwing writes as a linguist particularly interested in the psychology of language acquisition, and conscious that the TGG model starts from assumptions about the mind and linguistic universals which dictate the form and the consequences of the argument. They strike Professor Derwing as arbitrary and merely formal, and as contradicting basic scientific mental habits. In brief, Professor Derwing disputes that TGG exemplifies proper empirical scientific inquiry; that something like a TGG is part of the output of normal language acquisition; or that TGG provides a valid heuristic for psychological investigation. He argues therefore for a more experimental approach if we are actually to discover how language is acquired. (Editor's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

DESBORDES, Bernadette Anne, Introduction à Diogène Laërce. Exposition de l'Atertumswissenschaft servant de préliminaires critiques à une lecture de l'oeuvre. Inleiding in Diogenes Laertius (...) (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands). Private Presses, n.p., 1990. 2 vols. XXXIII,423;355p. Sewn. Offset print. (Rare). € 80.00 (Antiquarian)

DESBOROUGH, V.R. d'A., The Greek Dark Ages. Ernst Benn, London, 1972. 388p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. '(…) Desborough has taken (…) much trouble to set out the archaeological evidence in a clear and comprehensive manner, with the help of excellent photographs and drawings in the text. For each half of his Dark Ages we are taken on an extensive tour round each region of the Greek world, and later there are chapters on each class of object, and each aspect of Dark Age life. The proof-reading is beyond reproach.' (J.N. COLDSTREAM in The Classical Review (new Series), 1975, p.87). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 62.50 (Antiquarian)

DESBOROUGH, V.R. d'A., The Greek Dark Ages. Ernst Benn, London, 1972. 388p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. '(…) Desborough has taken (…) much trouble to set out the archaeological evidence in a clear and comprehensive manner, with the help of excellent photographs and drawings in the text. For each half of his Dark Ages we are taken on an extensive tour round each region of the Greek world, and later there are chapters on each class of object, and each aspect of Dark Age life. The proof-reading is beyond reproach.' (J.N. COLDSTREAM in The Classical Review (new Series), 1975, p.87). € 62.50 (Antiquarian)

DESCHOUX, M., Comprendre Platon. Un siècle de bibliographie Platonicienne de langue Française 1880 - 1980. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1981. XVI,206p. Paperback. Small stamp to fore edge. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

DESLAURIERS, M., and P. DESTRÉE, The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's 'Politics'. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 2013. XV,426p. Paperback. One of the most influential works in the history of political theory, Aristotle's Politics is a treatise in practical philosophy, intended to inform legislators and to create the conditions for virtuous and self-sufficient lives for the citizens of a state. In this Companion, distinguished scholars offer new perspectives on the work and its themes. After an opening exploration of the relation between Aristotle's ethics and his politics, the central chapters follow the sequence of the eight books of the Politics, taking up questions such as the role of reason in legitimizing rule, the common good, justice, slavery, private property, citizenship, democracy and deliberation, unity, conflict, law and authority, and education. The closing chapters discuss the interaction between Aristotle's political thought and contemporary democratic theory. The volume will provide a valuable resource for those studying ancient philosophy, classics, and the history of political thought. (Publisher's information). € 22.75 (New)

DESMOND, W., Het tragische en het komische: (1.) Verloren zijn: Over filosofie en het tragische. (2.) Kan de filosofie om zichzelf lachen? Over Hegel en Aristofanes - met een buiging voor Plato. Boom, Amsterdam, n.d.(1998). 121p. Paperback. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)